Composer: Federico Mompou
Performer: Marta Mathéu, Jordi Masó
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573100
Release: 2015
Size: 0.99 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Canconeta incerta
02. Sant Marti
03. El niño mudo
04. Aureana do Sil
05. Canco de la fira
06. Primeros pasos
Comptines
07. No. 1. Dalt d’un cotxe
08. No. 2. Margot la pie
09. No. 3. J’ai vu dans la lune
10. No. 4. Aserrin, aserran
11. No. 5. Petite fille de Paris
12. No. 6. Pito pito colorito
13. No. 7. Frederic, tic, tic
14. No. 8. Rossignol joli
15. Le nuage
16. Cant de la Victoria
17. Et Sento Que Vens
18. Ets L’infinit
19. El Testament d’Amelia
20. Ave Maria
Becquerianas
21. No. 1. Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonrien
22. No. 2. Los invisibles atomos del aire
23. No. 3. Yo soy ardiente, yo soy morena
24. No. 4. Yo se cual el objeto
25. No. 5. Volveran las oscuras golondrinas
26. No. 6. Olas gigantes
27. El viaje definitivo
This second and final volume of Frederic Mompou’s complete songs features the cycle
Becquerianas, one of his most ambitious and also one of his most diverse, with its unprecedented fusion of Andalusian folk-music, virtuosic piano writing and vocal opulence. Comptines, by comparison, are joyful and simple traditional children’s counting rhymes. Also included are five recently discovered songs: Et sento que véns, Ets l’infinit, El testament d’Amèlia, Ave María and El viaje definitivo. ‘… an enticing first offering in a welcome series, and the performers are warmly to be applauded’ (Fanfare on Volume 1 / 8573099).
Mompou is best remembered for his series of beautiful solo piano works composed from the 1920s until the 1980s. He died in 1987. These have been recorded by a number of pianists, most recently by Volodos – a disc that brought Mompou renewed attention that may spill over into his songs, which are much rarer to find on disc. This is the second and last volume of the complete cycles and single songs (the first volume was on 8573099). Coincidentally a disc that replicates a number of the songs in volume 2 has just been released by Opus Arte featuring Roger Padullés and Iain Burnside. The difference is that our disc is sung by a soprano. It also has the advantage of Jordi Masó, a critically-acclaimed specialist in Spanish piano music whose 6 volumes of the solo piano music have won great critical reviews.